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Liz Castelli - Poor Horsemanship - Cyber Bully
Opinion by Rick Gore
Horse's love it when their owner's
understand them.
Horsemanship is about the horse teaching you
about yourself.
Why People Don't do this- Liz Castelli
Liz Castelli (Nikki) Emails and Petty Comments
This person is still being rude and harassing me, any help in finding her or identifying her real identity will be greatly appreacitated. She has used YouTube (her Account: HummerAdore) to block the video she disagreed with and states she is using a false name to harass me. If she is a doctor, there is probably a public safety issue with this type of person being placed in a position of trust. If anyone can identify her it would be greatly appreciated: Her fake email that she is using is: "Liz Castelli" Email: an_autumn_moon@yahoo.com. Youtude security department has been contacted and will be working it from their end.
Here is a link to this person's Youtube page where it shows the name of the videos she made private to try and hide her identity. "Dr. Nikki AKA HummerAdore"
When reading this page please keep in mind, I never contacted Ms. Castelli, I never emailed her or asked her to view my videos. She choose to come to my YouTube channel and view my videos. She made a comment, I responded. She made other rude comments, I blocked her from my YouTube. She then went to my personal email and started this mission of meanness.
* I would ask you all who read this to put yourself in my shoes and have to deal with this negative and petty meanness everyday and then ask yourself - Why would anyone continue to try and help horse people?
I will let you the reader decide for yourself. Remember, these are unsolicited emails from Liz Castelli and all because she did like my video on Wearing a Helmet. She has made it a personal vendetta to call me names and call others names since they don't agree with her. The pettiness and meanness of this person is not uncommon, but for her to put in this much effort and time really shows what kind of person she is. If in fact she really is a Medical Doctor, I would not want her working on me. You be the judge and you decide, if her emails are justified and if you would like to have to deal with people like this every day?
Please notice in these emails how she goes from disagreeing to name calling and degrading another reader (I will withhold her name) just because this reader agrees with me. Then she goes on to attacking my poor web site, which did nothing, but she has to attack it since it is only HTML. Sorry I can not afford to have a professional web designer, I try and put information out to help people who can't afford many others. I would rather people help horses than have to pay for a fancy web site. She then attacks the spelling of this other person and then calls her names. Just shows the pettiness of this so called professional, educated Doctor. Notice also her constant reference to how much money she has and has sold her horses for. To me this is a very narcissistic type personality and commonly referred to as a "God Complex" in the Doctor's circle.
* Note: I deleted some of the emails so I don't have them all, but enough for you to decide what type of person Ms. Castelli is.
FROM: Liz Castelli (Nikki) TO: horsyguy@yahoo.com Sunday, May 29, 2011 5:08 PM
I sincerely hope that I never meet you in the Intensive Care Unit, but with your attitude, that is where you are heading.
Though it is quite clear that you don't have the education or the IQ (never mind the subscriptions - or the money to subscribe to - Elsiver, SciDirect, JAMA, NJM, and the like) I have provided a simple Google Scholar search link for you on the multiple studies (and multiple more citations) on head trauma and horseback riding injuries.
I know that you only understood the smallest fraction of this (and you get a cookie if you even tried to read the big words!! But I can't blame you, you were cursed with a penis, takes a lot away from having more vital organs), but I would be negligent as a medical professional if I didn't say something because you, little man, are downright dangerous and really - and let us not mince words here - stupid. Please get an education and learn to back your opinions with facts. Because without solid evidence, your opinion, like you, is only equivalent to an asshole.
END OF EMAIL
My Response to her email:
--- On Sun, 5/29/11, Rick G
Please stop stalking me.
You still don't get it and if you think anything from FEI is going impress me or suddenly make me think you are good with horse, you obviously did not watch my video on FEI Reining. Great sport and great judges and great rules and great at being idiots.
For the last time I get it, helmets can help and save your life. I promote safety through knowledge of the horse not bits, whips, boots, helmets, feed and other things that other people may like. Feel free to start your own channel about helmets, make videos, have your own website about it. I don't care.
See I don't voluntarily go other people's web site and then try and argue, push my opinion, complain and try and convince them they are wrong. However there are many women, that's right I said it, women who have to push their view to me, tell everyone what and how they should do something and give unwanted advice thinking they are smarter and know best.
I assure you there are more horses hurt from stupid people than people hurt from not wearing a helmet. So I put my videos out for people to view IF THEY WANT TOO. I don't follow, stalk, or push my view to anyone, people have to come to my site with their own brain. So the weirdoes that want to stalk me to push their view is a pain in butt. Which is why I simply blocked you thinking you would get the hint and I did not care to argue or hear what you have to say. Of course your helmet may protect your brain, but only you can refuse to use your brain. So here is a tip, when someone blocks you, we call that a clue in Cop work, they don't want to hear what you have to say.
Perhaps your helmet is too tight and missed that clue, so I will try and be more clear. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK.
Please go argue, push your view, try and find someone else to waste your time with and take on some other cause than me.
Thank you, Good day,
END OF EMAIL
FROM: Liz Castelli (Nikki) TO: Rick G Sunday, May 29, 2011 9:17 PM
And the winner on a loss of IQ points is...YOU!
You actually took the time to reply. You really ARE an idiot! Your Darwin award is in the mail :)
FROM: Liz Castelli Monday, May 30, 2011 8:00 AM
You dear little man, do you really think I'm stupid enough (unlike yourself) to use my real name!? :::Rolls Eyes::: Have a blast trying to find me using "Liz Castelli". Go ahead, go on to USEF.org. Search under riders. Do you see me there? I think not!!
Oh man, this is way too much fun! You are supposed to be a grown man, how stinking cute!! And please, have people send email to this account...I check it about once a year. Well, more now for the entertainment value. Quite an enjoyable way to spend a holiday weekend, making an angry little man post silly remarks on his own YouTube account like a little girl. Awww.
And I'm sorry, sweetheart, you are the one who responded in the first place! Let it go? Why would I? You are just TOO much fun to play with.
And now I'm off to treat people who actually deserve the medical care to rehabilitate after a brain injury. You wouldn't be one of them.
:D
END OF EMAIL
THIS IS EMAIL THAT WAS FORWARDED TO ME FROM SOMEONE DISAGREEING WITH MS. CASTELLI (Nikki)
Note: Not only do I block her from YouTube, she stalks me to my site and now is trying to beat up others.TO: horsyguy@yahoo.com Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Rick this is an the email this lady sent to me. She is really a mean person. Now I know why you don't want to do this, I would not put up with these people.
xxxxx
--- On Tue, 5/31/11, xxxxxx
Rick is trying to help horses and he gets tired of people like you being stupid.
If you don't like him, just stay off his channel. It is people like you that ruin it for others.
XXXXX
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:42:04 -0700 From: an_autumn_moon@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Why don't you mind your own business To: xxxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com
xxxxxxx,
It is people like him that put people like you on my service. When you finish medical school and you too are a third year fellow in neurosurgery specializing in closed head injuries (you know, the kind you suffer when you take a completely freak fall off your horse because he takes a misstep in a ditch and you go flying?) then we can talk about who is being "stupid".
If you had any knowledge or common sense, you'd know that "helping horses" and wearing headgear are mutually exclusive (you know what that means, don't you? Here's a link to the dictionary if you need some help: dictionary.com). Your horse does not benefit from YOU wearing a helmet just as you do not benefit from the driver in the car next to you wearing a seat belt.
Do you understand the concept of shared media? Our dear friend Rick made the decision to post a video on YouTube and ENABLE the comments. He also made the decision to link his website to his YouTube channel. He can kick and scream and demand that people only agree with him all he wants, if he doesn't want to be proven wrong, then don't give people ample opportunity to do so.
As a physician, I never want to see someone suffer a catastrophic injury that could have statistically been avoided by using a simple piece of equipment. As an American, I also believe in the right to free speech. So if Rick wants to post a video saying that he thinks that adults have the right to CHOOSE whether or not to wear a helmet, that is his OPINION and not one that necessitates being backed by hard evidence.
However, Rick makes claims that helmets are DANGEROUS. This is where my comments become pertinent (again, see dictionary.com). As scientists, we learn very early on in our education that every statement that is not considered common knowledge (i.e. "the sky is blue" or "America is a country" with references derrived from PUBLISHED, RESEARCHED, PRIMARY sources. Providing false information to an uneducated public can be extremely perilous. In fact, if someone were to take Rick's advice (he makes no disclaimers) and to become seriously injured because of it, Rick could end up being sued for everything he's worth. Doctors have malpractice insurance, but there is no such thing as idiot insurance.
I have been riding for 20 years. The net worth of my current horses exceeds what you AND Rick (and likely several other people) will make in a lifetime. I own an FEI GP horse who is short-listed (now you have two hints, go figure out who I am if you're so bent on embarrassing yourself). I have ridden with the top trainers in the industry and am friendly with a whole host of others. I have no respect for this "natural horsemanship" bull; let me tell you something, it's ALL been done before and FAR before the likes Rick walked the earth. If you actually knew how to ride, you'd understand the benefits of aids. It's the difference between driving a Ferrari and a Chevy Nova. Though I am quite sure you'll never have the opportunity to drive a Ferrari.
So unless and until you get an education both academically and in horses, please step away from the keyboard and save yourself a tremendous amount of embarrassment.
Have a lovely day!
--- On Wed, 6/1/11, xxxx
You seem really full on yourself and impressed with yourself. Rick has make a very informative web site and makes many videos that helps horse people. Just because you think you are so smart, why don't you have your own website or put up your videos? Why did you delete and disable your Youtube account so people could not see you ride or handle horses? It sounds like you are a lot of talk and far too impressed with yourself so you have to go to others who are trying to help and just try post your comments to try and show how smart you are. If you are truly a Nuro Surgeon, there has to be state board for Doctors or certification data base where you can confirm people's credentials, unless you are just trying to impress and you really are not who you say you are and don't know as much as you claim?
I have am working on my master's and if there is one thing I have learned, college and degrees don't make you smart. Not impressed with your resume or your need to push your point on others. I have many Doctor Professors and they may be smart in their subject matter, they don't know it all. Would love to see if you even know how to ride or just like to stir up trouble for others.
xxxxx
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 20:33:04 -0700 From: an_autumn_moon@yahoo.com Subject: RE: Why don't you mind your own business To: xxxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com
You poor diluted child. You really have hit your head far too many times listening to the advice of people like Rick (and dare I say it, Parelli? How sad.)
You want a video of me on a horse? Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vw-5JmKffw. This horse is now doing the M&S and has already qualified for finals (but I'm quite sure you don't have a clue what that is). Want another one? Here's my USHJA hunter derby horse and I winning the Pre-Greens in VT. And you can see just what a gem he is with his lessee on him in the second video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-te273EUDY0
The first horse I just turned down an offer for $120,000. The second horse has won almost $200,000 in his career.
Why do I not have public videos? Because I don't use YouTube as a form of entertainment. It is solely to send videos of sale horses to potential buyers and to get videos across the country quickly when I am in Germany or Holland or Argentina buying. I do not need to stroke my ego by posting videos for just anyone. Unlike some people.
First of all, the term is Neurosurgeon, not "Nuro Surgeon". If you are so incapable of spelling such a simple little word, then I hardly take stock in the fact that you are "apparently" getting a masters (of which I have two, by the way. One in bioinformatics and a second in Public Health. The first one I did before medical school, the second I did during. So getting a master's degree is certainly NOT an impressive feat.) Of course there is a credentialing board. But after Rick chose to post my "personal" information (really, an email address attached to a nom du plume I used when I was in college and wanting to write a book? How useful.), why on EARTH would I put my personal information out on the internet and risk peons like you bothering my work or my business? That's just common sense, child.
As for why I don't make my own videos "handling" horses? Oh, I don't know, because I'm a third year fellow who works an obscene amount of hours and I am not at all concerned with posting videos for others?
I have seen Rick and people like him a million times. They haven't a clue what they are actually doing but are so adamant that they are right that they provide very dangerous and faulty information. Rick's website is embarrassing, both from an informational standpoint and from a design standpoint. If he's so good at what he does, he'd be making enough money to have someone design a site that doesn't look like it was written in html in the mid 90's. But clearly no one intelligent enough to make more than minimum wage hires him.
I hope to god you and Rick take up tennis and leave horses to those of us who not only have the talent to ride and train, but the intelligence to do so as well. Actually, please don't take up tennis, either. You might hurt someone.
And as for my ego? Yeah, I have one. If I didn't, I wouldn't be hugely successful as a physician or as an owner/rider. Your problem, not mine.
Here are some links to Ms. Castelli riding here million dollar horses, unless she has disabled the videos since she should be embarrassed at her poor riding ability. Let's see how long these stay up or if hides them like she hid her profile. Bullies already run and hide when confronted. This strong woman took down all these and blocked them, very admirable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vw-5JmKffw&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D004ixUXREU&feature=related
http://youtu.be/D004ixUXREU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-te273EUDY0&feature=player_embedded#at=138
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vw-5JmKffw&feature=player_embedded#at=177
Another Email:
This is the email from this lovely lady after I put his page up. I hope she is showing this and someone can email me with her contact information.
Thursday, June 2, 2011 5:49 AM
Hi Rick!
You are too cute hiding behind a woman like a small child! Typical misogynist; insults women at every turn but then let's them do their dirty work. Just precious.
I think it's SO sweet that you've made an ENTIRE webpage devoted to me. I positively tickled pink! I'm at the barn and have been sharing it with everyone, they're getting SUCH a kick out of it! So thank you, thank you! It was such a thoughtful, time consuming, gesture for someone who didn't wish to "waste any more time" on little old me. I'm really touched.
You see, sweetheart, no matter how much you use this name or email in an attempt to defame me (and you do understand what you are doing is defamation, right? That if you actually had my real name, there would be a certified letter arriving at your door in a few short days?), it doesn't much matter.
So please do a nice job maintaining my webpage; I've posted it on a number of bulliten boards (and you do realize that link that you posted was for a public forum, not a blog? You are so inept that you can't manage to tell the difference!) so there will be LOTS of people seeing it and mocking it.
As for my videos? My horses are no one's business but those I choose to do business with, but I invite you to come ride any of them and jump around just a 3' or 3'6" course, nail every distance, and win a major class. I'll even pay your entry fee. Oh, but that's right! You can't ride!
And please, get a thesaurus and find some better insults. "Barn witch"? You could do SO much better than that! You should be ashamed!
You are just so much fun to play with, but it really is a lot like shooting fish in a barrel. I can't wait to see this email on your website, too bad you won't have the balls to post YOUR response to my webpage as well (unedited). Then people will get to see little Ricky throwing himself on the ground and having a temper tantrum like a two year old!
Kisses!
Here is my final response to this woman
thanks for the permission to post, not that i need it. I really think you have issues but I don't care, all I wanted was for you to get a freaking life and move on but you want to keep on escalating this, so I will post your response, I will do a video addressing you bi-polar behavior and harassing and stalking behavior and use it to justify why I am disgusted with people who claim to care about horses and then do what you do.
So this isn't really you and you using someone's name to defame them, that is court actionable offense for someone. You should read my release that clearly states you waive and give me permission to use your emails.
As for you slander claim, slander is false statements, kind of like you using someone's name to spew your hate and meanness, unlike me simple stating my opinion of what you factually wrote. So perhaps you will tell me you are lawyer now and want to debate and write a useless thesis on how smart you are.
Your contacts are unwanted, I will place you emails into spam.
If you are a Doctor, which I doubt, you are a disgrace to the profession. If you have used a false name I hope someone identifies you so I can report you to the ethics board for you statements of obvious bias and bringing discredit to other health care professionals.
If you want to threaten suing or court action, please lets go, I would love to get in open court and have you defend your arrogant and hate filled statements, all of which you initiated, continued and pursued for no apparent reason other than to harass, bully and show your supreme knowledge and boast your Doctor Degree.
Either way you are sad and pathetic, either you went to all this trouble to make a fake account and hide who you really are to spread your hate while hiding under a rock. Or you really are a Doctor and a disgrace to the profession and someone that I would not want to put a band aide on me, much less entrust confidence in you.
Rick Gore ( my real name, not hiding who I am)
Today Youtube took down my video on helmets due to this sad pathetic woman. Then I get this email from her. This woman really has issues and it is scary that she may actually be working on people.
FROM: Liz Castelli (Nikki) TO: Rick G Friday, June 3, 2011 7:22 PM
You stupid little man with a tiny penis. You think you are so smart, I got Youtube to take down your stupid video...YOU ARE A LOSER!
I hope you end up in my medical ward some day, of course your mind will be mush so you won't be able to say anything stupid and if I were you I would not expect to make it out of my care.
Who is the loser and stupid little man NOW! I may have Youtube shut down your entire channel so all your little stupid followers will have to find another way to amuse their stupid little brains. I won asshole, you are a loser. I knew you were just a game and not smart enough for a real challenge. If you had a brain you would be able to find me but not much chance in that happening.
Hugs and Kisses!
Some will say just ignore these people, others might agree with this lady and some will see that dealing with these types of people is crazy and why would anyone do this. I am with the why would anyone do this. Remember this started over her not agreeing with my video that I did on helmets, that she came to my channel, she clicked play and she left comments and then after I blocked her, she came to my site and started emailing me and somehow takes great joy in being a pest. It went from disargeeing about a video to I have a cheap web site, I am stupid since I have a penis, Parelli is stupid (not sure how he got drug into this), she makes more money, her horses are more expensive, she is a Doctor, I don't deserve health care if I get hurt and many other sensitive kind words. WTF?
It just amazes me that this person, whoever her split personality is at the moment, would go through all this for what? What was gained by all this? You can tell she takes pleasure out of causing grief, but why? She uses a fake name and account, then wants to talk that I am doing slander, then she is sharing this with her friends and then she removes her videos and blocks her Youtube account. She wants me to post my replies to her emails, people know how I reply no sense in repeating shut the hell up, leave me alone barn witch, get a life and go to hell. I am sure she did not like my responses which was the point, to try and get this wacko to stop emailing me.
When people hear me talk about the meanness at barns, the women that let other horses loose just to be mean, the poisoning of horses of people they don't like, the putting drugs in other people's feed so the horse will not perform well at a show, throwing wires and bolts in people's hay to hurt the horse of a person they don't like or agree with, this is the type of people horse's attract. Is there anyone that wonders, if this woman would go through all this just because she did not like my video, what would she do if you said something against her, if you talked about her horse, if you did not praise her and tell her she was the best? I just shake my head. Notice how she ran to all her videos I posted and made them private so they cannot be viewed now. Real strong and proud Doctor, to scared to let people see her exceptional riding. Won't put it out there for others to critique her, but will spread her hate on others that do. This lady obviously has watched many of my videos and spent lots of time on my site and has some long term issues with me or my comments about horse women and maybe this is how she deals with it. I will never understand how you hate someone yet you keep coming back to watch their videos. A prefect example of my interview with a woman that hates me video.
For the life of me I don't get it, how such a kind and wonderful creature as a horse could draw such abusive, mean and hateful people. Yet I see it everyday on my site, on my YouTube channel and at just about every barn I visit.
Not sure how much longer I will continue to do what I do since the negative influences of such bitter, mainly horse women, gets older by the day. But I do know I am helping many horses and get many positive letters so that helps balance it out, but I really question why to continue or why anyone would do this. Which would explain why many don't do this.
I have definitely come to one sure conclusion. The worst part of horses is dealing with horse people.
So the next time a Vet is short or rude to you, or the next time the people selling hay is rude and short, the next time a Farrier is not nice, or the next time another horse person does not talk to you or want to help you, perhaps you will understand what makes horse people the way they are. The old question, which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Dealing with this daily is really getting old and not much I can do about it but stop what I am doing. I normally ignore most or respond with negative emails, get in the mud with these lunatics and usually, most move on after a few emails, but this so called Doctor is obsessed. This page is not so much about this specific weirdo, but about the general atmosphere of the horse world. Look at the woman that called the police on me because she did not like my answer, the woman that wanted her police son to put out a warrant for my arrest, the lady that wanted her husband to fly down and beat me up, the lady that wanted to sue me since she left her kid unattended to crawl under her horse, all over just questions I answered for them and they did not like the answer.
All this time wasted on dealing with this could have been spent more productively and used to help horses rather than to fight off this meanness.
Sorry to bring this negative crap to those that just want to learn and help horses, but I really don't think people can understand how old and tiresome this gets unless they see it first hand.
Back to the real point of this site, our wonderful horses. Go give your horses a carrot and an apple, that is where I am headed.
take care and happy trails, Buddy and Mr. T, you are good boys!
Rick
Below is additional information to help identify this person and find her true identity. Any help will be appreciated.
Cantare VSF 2010
- HummerAdore (11 Months ago)Which horse? I am assuming Penuche? Thanks he looks better now. He is with my Dressage Trainer in RI.
- Aug 2, 2010... Cantare aka "Carson" ( yr old) 17+ hh TB Gelding currently showing in the 3'0" and 3'3" Pre-Grenn divisons
- Buddy Brown Clinic '10 - May 17, 2010... Cantare Aka: Carson with Kathy in the irons clinicing at home with Buddy Brown - 5-15-10
- Youtube - Gable aka "Timmy" Vermont 2006 - Pre-Greens and Modified Adults
- HummerAdore wrote 6 Months ago: Aw, Gable, I used to own him :) I actually have the video of his very first course and very first horse show on my channel...Nikki
